Utah Code 26B-8-129. Certified copies of vital records — Preparation by state and local registrars

26B-8-129. Certified copies of vital records — Preparation by state and local registrars — Evidentiary value.

(1)	The state registrar and local registrars authorized by the department under Section 26B-8-124 may prepare typewritten, photographic, electronic, or other reproductions of vital records and certify their correctness.

Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
Local registrar: means a person appointed under Subsection 26B-8-102(3)(b). See Utah Code 26B-8-101
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
State registrar: means the state registrar of vital records appointed under Section 26B-8-102. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
Vital records: means :

(a)	registered certificates or reports of birth, death, fetal death, marriage, divorce, dissolution of marriage, or annulment;

(b)	amendments to any of the registered certificates or reports described in Subsection (24)(a);

(c)	an adoption document; and

(d)	other similar documents. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
(2)	Certified copies of the vital record, or authorized reproductions of the original, issued by either the state registrar or a designated local registrar are prima facie evidence in all courts of the state with like effect as the vital record.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 306, 2023 General Session

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